WaterSmart Ambassador Brook Broadhurst With temperatures on the rise, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is asking residents of Rivervale to be aware of watering restrictions. RDKB’s WaterSmart Ambassador Brook Broadhurst is helping residents in...

The Kootenay Fiddle, Guitar and Piano Camp is returning this summer, for the 22nd year! Prominent instructors from across Canada are returning to the Castlegar campus of Selkirk College this July 16th-18th, including Gordon Stobbe, JJ Guy, Geoff Horrocks, and Janis...

"A Banquet... of Sorts!" by Eileen Findlay The Kootenay Gallery is pleased to announce that the gallery has been chosen to host the opening show for the tour of this year’s Grand National Delights Quilt and Fibre Arts Show. The exhibit will take place from June 8 to...

  British Columbia: Heritage BC is excited to announce the recipients of the annual Heritage BC Awards. The BC Heritage Awards is a province-wide program that recognizes excellent work in six categories within the heritage sector - Conservation, Education,...

  Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue (KBRFR) is embarking on an ambitious mission to bolster its ranks and is reaching out to community minded residents interested in joining our firefighting family at one of our Paid-on-call stations in Fruitvale, Montrose,...

  Carrying forward the power of community nurtured at Selkirk College into the broader world is the ambition of the Class of 2024 co-valedictorians. Convocation 2024 takes place at the Castlegar Campus on May 30 with two different ceremonies that celebrate the...

Spring is here and the warmer weather means more people will be out hiking in tall grass or wooded areas. This can also mean an increased chance of getting tick bites. Ticks are small bugs that bite and feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes...

  The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) recently had the pleasure of hosting Grade 4 and 5 students from Christina Lake Elementary School (CLES) as part of Local Government Awareness Week. The students, under the guidance of their teacher Ryan...

  On June 22, the Two Spirit, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Trans Plus community and our allies are celebrating International Pride Month with Castlegar Queer Fest at the Castle Theatre. Queer Fest is the first event of its kind in Castlegar and promises to be an evening...

  The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS) proudly announces the launch of the Kootenay Broom Busters Program, a pilot program aimed at harnessing community engagement to combat the spread of invasive Scotch broom in the Kootenays. The Broom Busters...

Iconic Canadian Country music Artist, Corb Lund, performs an Acoustic Solo Performance at The Bailey Theatre in Trail this November 27 at 7:30 pm. Hailing from the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains singer-songwriter Corb Lund comes from a rural background, with a...

  Music steeped in landscape is on the menu at Taghum Hall when two musicians from Vancouver Island, John Gogo and Allen Dobb, take the stage on Sunday, May 26 at 7:30pm. Western balladeer John Gogo hails from a musical family in Snuneymuxw (aka Nanaimo). He’s...

  Eerie wildfire smoke is just a part of the Kootenay summer experience now as illustrated by the art currently hanging on display on the Nelson Library gallery wall. The panels are taken from the in-progress graphic novel by writer-artist Nathan Wilkinson and...

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 5-11. In recent years have you stood by wishing you could help those evacuated from their homes during the wildfires and devastating floods? Would you like to be able to help the family that lost everything when their house burned...

  New programs for youth and new parents (to be)are now open for registration. Oxygen Art Centre’s second semester features new youth programming. Take advantage of a day at home from school with the Pop! Up! PD day class on portraiture on May 27 and for...